Will budget cuts force ed-tech entrepreneurs to listen to teachers?

Scaling back on innovation in education will require ed-tech entrepreneurs to understand exactly which tools educators need

There’s good and bad news for the future of K-12 education technology.

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: An annual survey from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) reveals that financial constraints continue to limit technology in schools.

CoSN senior consultant Denise Atkins-Shorey laments that districts may be forced to delay tech repairs due to lack of funding: “In the technology world, that’s a really dangerous piece, because if a piece of equipment were to fail and it’s no longer supported… there’s no replacement for it.”